If you're doing an update, it doesn't format them. If you're doing a re-install, it reformats /, /usr and /var. The other partitions are formatted only if you want them formatted (expert or custom install). That's why I have separate /home and /usr/local partitions.
RBE At 01:02 PM 1/11/02 -0700, Mike Stoddart wrote: >It does? I didn't realise that - I thought it was only ext2. > >Does RL ask you which partitions you want formatting, or does it format them >all automatically? > >On Friday 11 January 2002 12:40 pm, Robert Black Eagle wrote: >> RL uses ext3 (a journeling file system). It doesn't matter how you've got >> your Mandrake partitions formatted, RL will format ext3 partitions for its >> own use. Also, if Mandrake is using a current version of the kernel, it >> should support ext3 partitions, as well - regardless of a default to >> ReiserFS. >> >> RBE >> >> At 01:21 PM 1/11/02 -0600, Texstar wrote: >> >On Friday 11 January 2002 12:48 pm, you wrote: >> >> Just wondering if you intend to implement any filesystems other than >> >> ext2 in future versions. I'm using Mandrake with ReiserFS, so I'm >> >> particularly interested in this. Also, if future versions support say >> >> ReiserFS then I can try RL soon, without wiping out my /home directory. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> - >> > >> >I would be most interested in that as well. Most mandrake users run on >> > the reiserfs filesystem. >> > >> >- >> >-- >> >rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of >> >message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/ >> >> - >- >-- >rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of >message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/ > - -- rl-users list. To leave, send "unsubscribe" without quotes in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/rl-users@chicago.redmondlinux.org/
